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Notes about the Debian hpijs package
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This package includes the rss patch from
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http://www.openprinting.org/download/printing/hpijs/
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This patch tries to make sure that black is printed with just
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the black pen, if the printer supports it. Almost all new
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HP printers (those using the DJGenericVIP model) do colormap
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conversion in firmware, and will completely ignore the rss
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patch. Also, nobody has maintained that patch for a long time,
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so it is unlikely that rss support will be ever added to newer
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printer drivers even if they could support it.
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Should Ghostscript have the latest version of the IJS server
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code, hpijs will be able to use the KRGB protocol to talk to
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Ghostscript, which often will produce better printings wherever
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It is a very good idea to install the hplip package if you
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use CUPS as your printing spooler. For spoolers other than
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CUPS, you should use hpoj instead.
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A lot of enhanced functionality is only available in bi-dir
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mode, which is supported only by HPLIP.
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If you are going to use PPDs, it is recommended that the ones
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from the hpijs-ppds PPD package be used, as they are guaranteed
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to work well with this version of hpijs.
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-- Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
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-- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>